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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDlVARD 'AREN LOOKE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALFTO JAMES T. PHILLIPS, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY CASH BOX AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,381, dated December31, 1895.

Application filed February 9,1895. Serial No. 537,778. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WAREN LOCKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent and State of illichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Safety Cash Boxand Recorder, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to improvements in cash boxes and registers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cash box andrecorder, adapted to receive and record separately the transactions ofvarious clerks, and capable of maintaining such .records separate anddistinct, and of preventing one clerk from accidentally or intentionallyentering transactions or sales on another clerks record or account stripor ribbon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a locking mechanism whichwill be susceptible of various combinations, and which will enable therecord or account strip or ribbon of each clerk to be locked by aseparate combination, in order to prevent one clerk from gaining accessto the records of sales of another clerk.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash box andrecorder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same with the casing removed. Fig. is a longitudinalsectional view on line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a detail section al viewof a portion of the lockin g mechanism. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail viewsof the actuating-arms of the longitudinal rockshafts. Figs. 7 and 8 aredetail views illustrating the construction of the latches of the coveror lid loeki ng mechanism and the means for operating the same. Figs. 9,10, and 11 are detail views illustrating the construction when separatetills or cash-receptacles are employed for each recording strip orribbon, Fig. 10 being a section on line 10 10 and Fig. 11 a section online 11 ll of Fig. 9.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a casing slightly L-shaped in side elevation, and providedwith a hinged cover or lid 2, connected with the back of the casing, andarranged to swing upward and rearward, to expose the lower front portion3, and the upper rear portion at of the casing, for the purpose ofmaking change and to deposit the money resulting from sales and thelike, in bill or note compartments of the upper rear portion 4 and incoin pockets or receptacles of the lower front portion 3. The cover 2 isprovided with a downwardly-offset front portion, and has a curvedinclined connecting portion 5, which covers the intermediate portion ofthe casing, between the front and rear portions thereof.

Any number of money-compartments may be employed, and the cover isretained when closed, and is secured against upward swinging or openingby a pair of locking-levers G, disposed vertically at the intermediateportion of the casing, and provided at their upper ends withforwardly-p'rojecting dogs or lugs 7, arranged to engage projections orlugs 8, extending rearward from the back of the downwardly-offset frontportion of the cover 2. The locking-levers 6 are fulcrumed intermediateof their ends at 9, and their lower portions are slightly forwardlycurved, and form curved rear edges or recesses 10, adapted to be engagedby actuating-arms 11 of a transverse rock-shaft 12, whereby the lowerends of the locking-lever are thrown forward to disengage their upperends to release the cover. The rear edges 10 are concavely curved, andthe arms 11 are provided with anti-friction-wheels 13, to enable thelocking-levers to be actuated without friction, and to avoid anyliability of these parts binding.

The rock-shaft 12 is journaled in suitable bearings of thesupportingframe, and is provided at intervals with upward-extending arms14, to enable the rock-shaft to be operated at different points by aseries of longitudinally-disposed reciprocating bars 15. At theintermediate portion of the casing is located a series of independentrecord ribbons or strips 16, designed to be used by the clerks of anestablishment to keep their records and accounts of sales or otherbusiness transactions separate and distinct, and a reciprocatingrock-shaft-engagingbar 15 is provided for each of the record ribbons orstrips 16, and each bar 15 is engaged by a common locking mechanism, andis released by a separate and distinct combination, in order that oneclerk may not have access to the record ribbon or strip of another. Eachbar 15 is provided with a depending lug 17 forming a shoulder arrangedin rear of the arm 14:, and adapted to swing the same forward to actuatethe rockshaft 12. The front end of the bar 15 is pivotally connected tothe upper end of a rearwardly and upwardly inclined arm of a bellcranklever 18, which is fulcrumed at its angle at 19, and which has its otherarm inclined forward and upward, and provid ed with a finger-en gagin ghead or disk 20, and forms a key. The disk or head 20 of each keyportion of the bell-crank levers is designed to bear a distinguishingletter or character, to enable its operator to distinguish it readily.

Each lockin g-lever 6 is provided at its lower end with a foot 21, andhas an angular notch 22 at the front portion thereof. The notch islocated at the top of the foot, and itis engaged by the rear end of anupwardly-swinging latch 23, which is pivoted at its front end in abifurcation of a lug 2%, formed integral with the bottom of thesupporting-frame. This latch 2-3 locks the lower end of the lever (5against forward movement, and retains the lug 7 in engagement with. thecover 2, and it is swung upward when the rock-shaft .12 is properlyoperated by means of a lever 25, Figs. 7 and 8, fulcrumed near its rearend on a lug of the supporting-frame, and having its rear end projectingbeneath the rock-shaft 12, and arranged to be engaged and depressed byan eccentrically-arranged lug 26 of the rock-shaft. The front portion ofthe latchreleasing lever 25 is curved laterally, and is located beneaththe latch 23, and when its rear end is depressed by the lug 26 its frontportion swings upward, carrying with it the latch 23 and releasing thefoot of the lockinglever to permit the arm 11 to actuate the latter. Assoon as the rock-shaft is returned to its initial position and the lug26 carried upward out of engagement with the rear end of the lever 25the latch is free to fall and to engage automatically the notched footof the lockin g-lever.

The reciprocating bar 15 is retained against accidental inward movement,after it .has been operated and carried outward, by means of a weightedlever 27, fulcrumed intermediate of its cm s on a suitable support ofthe frame and provided at its rear end with a beveled tooth 28, arrangedto engage a similar-shaped reversely-disposed lug or tooth 29 of the bar15. The tooth 28 is provided at its front face with a shoulder, and itsrear face is beveled, while the lug 29 is provided at its rear face witha shoulder, and its front face or edge is beveled, and when thereciprocating bar 15 is moved outward the lug or tooth 29 is adapted todepress and engage the teeth 28. The front portion of the lever 27 isenlarged to form a weight for holding the teeth or lugs 28 and 29 intheir engagement, and after the operator has completed his record, anddesires to close the cash box, the lever 27 is disengaged from thereciprocating bar 15, to permit the parts to return to their initialposition, by means of an upward-extendin trip-rod 30, mounted insuitable guides of the supporting-frame, and having its lower endconnected to the rear portion. of the weighted lever 27, and having itsupper end arranged to be engaged by the cover 2, as the latter isclosed, whereby the rear end of the weighted lever 27 will be depressedand will release the bar 15. The bar 15, after being released from itsen gagement with the weighted lever 27, is returned and moved rearwardby a helical sprin 31, disposed 011 the front portion of this bar andinterposed between the front of the supporting-frame and the shoulder ofthe bar 15. The locking-lever is returned and caused to engage the coverby a bowed spring 32, located in advance of the lever G, andhaving itsfront side secured to a lug of the supporting-frame, and its rear sideengaging the foot of the locking-lever (3. This spring 32 also returnsthe rock-shaft to its initial position and causes the latch 23 toengageand lock the foot of the lever 6.

The supporting-frame is provided in front and in rear of each of theexposed portionsof the recording ribbons or strips with front and reartroughs or receptacles and ill, having upward-extending sides androunded bottoms, and constructed preferably of: sheet metal suitablysupported in the frame. The front receptacle or trough is designed toreceive a blank roll of the record ribbon or strip 16, which passesupward over a transverse bar 35, which is half-round, and which isprovided with guide-grooves 36, for the reception of the series ofribbons. The record ribbons or strips pass over the half-roun d bar, andbetween front and rear transversely-disposed feed-rollers 37 and 38,arranged. in pairs, and located at the back of the transversesupporting-bar 35. The front feed-roller 237 of each pair is provided orhas fixed to it a ratchetwheel 39, which is engaged by an actuatingpawlt0, carried by a lever ii, and the latter is fulcrumed intermediate ofits ends, and has its lower end rounded and fitting in a rounded recess4.2 of the bar 15. The lever at]. is disposed at an inclination, andcarries at its upper end a curved shield 43, which is normally arrangedover and conceals that portion of the ribbon or strip supported by thehalfround bar, and when the reciprocating bar15 is moved outward by themeans before described it carries with it the lower end orportion of thelever ail and swings the upper portion of this lever rearward. Therearward the supportingbars.

swinging of the upper portion of the lever 41 carries with it the shield43 and exposes the ribbon or strip, and simultaneously with thisoperation the actuating-pawl engages and partially rotates theratchet-wheel and the front feed-roll, thereby carrying a fresh unusedportion of the ribbon or strip forward to receive the record of thetransaction, for which the cash box or recorder was opened. The ribbonor strip is maintained at the proper tension to insure the desired feed,and to hold. the same firmly on the half-round bar, by a spring atsecured to the supportingframe or to the halfround bar by screws G andclip M, and disposed transversely of the ribbon or strip and engagingthe same.

The series of curved shields are located at the intermediate portion ofthe casing, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanyingdrawings, and they conceal the ribbons and expose only the onecorresponding to the particular mechanism operated, and the half-roundbar forms a convenient support for each ribbon, and the record oftransactions may be readily written upon the same. Each ribbon or stripmay be divided off into any desired arrangement of columns for thereception of the record, but three columns will be found mostadvantageousone column for the entire amount received by the clerk,another for the change returned to the customer, and the third for theamount of the sale or the amount placed in the till. By this arrangementany mistake made may be detected, and the record will show the clerkmaking the mistake.

The reciprocating bars 15 are normally locked against outward movementby locking mechanism, consisting essentially of inclined rear portionsor extensions 45 of the reciprocating bars 15, swinging tumbler-bars 46for engaging the inclined portions or extensions 45, and operatingmechanism for swinging the tumbler-bars to out of engagement with thereciprocating bars 15, to permit the latter to be drawn outward. Theinclined extensions 455 are provided at regular intervals with notches47, arranged at different :levations, the notches being of the samedepth, and the bar inclining upward and rearward, and the swingingtumbler-bars 5 .6, which. engage the notches, depend fromsupporting-bars l8 of the frame, and have their upper ends pivoted byrods 4:!) in recesses of The tumbler-bars 4c vary in length tocorrespond with the position of the notches, the longest bar being infront, and this arrangement prevents the first tumbler-bar swinging intoany of the notches in rear of the first one, as the bar 15 is movedforward, and the secon d tumbler-bar will be unable to swing in an y ofthe notches in rear of it, as will be readilyunderstood, whereby after areciprocating bar 15 has been released and drawn outward thetumbler-bars will be held out of such engagement until the reciprocatingbar is returned, and the proper corresponding notches are locatedopposite the tumbler-bars.

The tumbler-bars are guided by depending guides 50, disposed in frontand in rear of each tumbler-bar, and provided at their lower ends withflanges, forming a narrow opening or way, to permit a swinging movementof the tumbler-bar. The guides 50 depend from the supports 48, and abovethe bottom flanges the spaces between the guides are greater than thethickness of the tumbler-bars. The swinging of the tumbler-bars iseffected by means of longitudinally-disposed rock-shafts 51, journaledin suitable bearings at the bottom of the supporting-frame and extendingfrom the front to the rear of the same, and each rockshaft has mountedon it a series of upwardextending arms 52, corresponding in number tothe number of swinging bars 46 an d notches 47 employed in thecombination. In the accompanying drawings each rock-shaft 51 is shownprovided with three arms 52, but it will be readily understood that thenumber may be Varied, as desired. The upper ends of the arms 52 arepivotally attached to transverse connecting or tumbler-engaging bars 53,arranged in the spaces between the tumblers and the upper portions ofthe guides, and located in rear of the tumblers, and carrying pins 5stfor engaging the same. The lower ends of the upward-extending arms 52areprovided with sleeves or openings, and one of the arms 52 of each setis fixed by means of a fastening device to its rock-shaft, and the othersleeves or openings of the arms loosely receive the rock-shaft, and arenot affected by the turning of the latter. The next rock-shaft isdesigned to have a different arm of its set fixed to it, in order thateach one of the longitudinal rock-shafts 51 will actuate a differentarm, or rather a transverse row of arms, and the connecting ortumbler-engaging bar carried by them.

The front ends of the bars 15 are slidingly mounted on thesupporting-frame in suitable guide-openings thereof, and their rear endsare supported by antifriction rollers or wheels 56, mounted in suitablebrackets or bearings at the back of the supporting-frame, and thenotches 47 of each bar 15 are designed to be engaged by a differentarrangement of tumbler-bars from the other reciprocating bars, in orderto require a different manipulation of the tumblen engaging orconnecting bars 53, to produce different combinations for the severalbell-cranleoperating levers or keys 18. The arms 52 and theconnecting-bars 53 are adapted to swing laterally of thesupporting-frame in either direction, and the pins 54 or otherprojections maybe located at either side of the tumblerbars to vary thecombinations.

The front end of each longitudinally-disposed rock-shaft 51 has securedto it a head or block 57, which projects laterally from the rock-shaft,and which forms a pair of oppositely-disposed arms, adapted to beengaged by a pair of operating levers or keys 58, fulcrumed at oppositesides of the rock-shaft, and in advance of the same. Each pair of keysor levers 58 has horizontal front portions, terminating in finger-headsor disks, and the rear portions of these keys or levers are curveddownward, and are located beneath the oppositely-disposed arms of therock-shaft, whereby when one of the levers or keys 58 is depressed therock-shaft will be turned in one direction, and ill be partially rotatedin the opposite direction when the other key or lever 58 of the pair isdepressed. Each pair of keys enables the corresponding upward-extendingarms and the connectingbar to be swung in either direction. The swing ofthe bars and the rotation of the rock-shaft is limited by a cap (50mounted upon the support, to which the adjacent pair of levers or keysis f ulcrnmed, and provided at opposite sides with rearward projections(31, limiting the upward swing of the arms, and forming stops for thesame.

The upward-extending arms 52 are maintained normally in a verticalposition by substantia-lly L-shaped weighted levers G2, having theirinner ends 63 pivoted in openings of offset portions 64 of the centralseries of arms 52, and provided at their outer ends with weights ()5.The openings of the offset portions (ii are of greater height than thewidth of the levers, and a space is left between the upper edge of thelever and the top wall of each opening of the offset portions (34, andthe lower corner of the inner end of each lever is rounded, as shown.There is a lever (12 and weight on each side of the arms 52. Thisconstruction permits the upward-ere tending arms to have a limited swingin either direction. The weights are retained against outward movement,and when the arms swing in the direction of either set of weights theinner ends of the levers of the other set will be lifted and will havesuflicient weight to return the arms to a vertical position. The loweredges of the inner ends of the weighted levers are rounded so that theset of weights toward which the arms swing will remain inactive.

The disposition of the tumbler-bars may be changed, and it will bereadily apparentthat various combinations may be produced, and that aseparate combination will be provided for each bell-crank lever, so thatone clerk will be unable to gain access to the record of another clerk,either accidentally or intentionally.

lVhen one of the reciprocating bars 15 is released by swinging thetumbler-bars from the notches thereof and is moved outward thelocking-arms or portions of the levers 6 will be swung rearward and willrelease the cover 2, which will be automatically swung upward. The coverhas its rear portion above the hinges connected with each side of thecasing by link-bars 66 and 67. The bar 66 has its upper end pivoted tothe cover, and it depends therefrom, and its lower end is pivotallyconnected to the rear end of the bar 67, which has its front end pivotedto the inner face of the adjacent side of the casing at the top and nearthe front terminus of the rear portion of the casing. The lower end ofeach bar (36 is engaged by a bowed supporting-spring 68, having itslower side secured to the bottom of the casing, and its upper sidesupporting the linkbars, and as soon as the cover is released it isswung upward by the springs 68, and it is supported in its elevatedposition, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, by aspring-catch 69, mounted on the inner face of each side of the casing,and having intermediate of its ends an offset-bend 70, forming asupporting-shoulder for the link bar 67, and the lower edge of thislink-bar (37 Y is slightly rounded, and when the cover is swung downwardit is adapted to force the spring-catch aside to pass the same.

In Figs. 9, l0 and 11 of the accompanying drawings is illustrated amodification of the invention, wherein separate money-receptacles areprovided for each clerk or operator. Individual covers 71 and 7 2 arehinged at one side by means of pintles 7 3 secured to lugs of thesupporting-frame and eyes 7a of the covers, and helical springs aredisposed on the pintles and connected with the supporting-frame and thecovers, and are adapted to open the latter when the same are released.

The covers 71 and 7 2 are locked when closed by levers 75 and 7 G,fulcrumed 011 the supporting-frame, and provided at their upper endswith hooks or lugs for engaging L-shaped arms 77 of the covers. Thelower ends of the levers 75 and 76 are rounded, and are received withincorresponding recesses 78 and 79 of the companion-bar 15; and as thereciprocating bar 15 is moved outward, the covers 71 and 72 aresimultaneously released, and are automatically opened by the helicalsprings 7 3.

It will be seen that the apparatus is positive and reliable inoperation, and that it is ca pable of keeping separate records for theseveral clerks or salesmen of an establishment, and that one clerk orsalesman will not be permitted access to the records of another.Furthermore, it will be apparent that it will enable mistakes to bereadily discovered, and that the record will clearly show which operatormade a mistake.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention, such as varying the number ofthe ribbons or strips, changing and varying the locking mechanism, andthe like.

In Fig. 2 the shield 43 on the right is shown as thrown back to exposethe paper for the record, the central one is in normal position and theone to the left is removed, showing the half-round bar beneath and theslots 41 therein through which the shield carrying levers 41 extend. Theguides 36 for the paper are also shown here.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that I have marked the three levers20 as belonging exclusively to different clerks, who will be designatedA, B and 0. There are three pair of combination-lock levers 58, thebuttons of which I have marked 1, 2, 3, at, 5, and 6, Fig. 2. Of thethree groups of levers or arms 52 the first one or the one nearest thefront on the rock-shaft 51 at the left of Fig. 2 is fixed thereto, whilethe second and third arms are loose and merely serve as rocking supportsfor the reciprocating-bars 53. Of the second group, the second lever orarm 52 is fixed to its rock-shaft 51, and the first and third are loose,while for the third group. shown on the right of Fig. 1, the third armis fixed and the first and second one loose. The groups of tumblers 46for the bars 15 are also shown in Fig. 2, being marked 1., 2, and 3,according to their position.

It will be noticed that the pins or studs 54 are so located 011 theseveral bars 53 in Fig. 2 that the first and second tumblers of theleft-h and group for the clerk Amust be moved toward the right, whilethe third tumbler must be moved toward the left. For doing this theclerk A depresses buttons 1 and 3, which moves the first and second bars53 to the right, the first being moved by the first fixed lever 52 ofthe left-hand group and the second by being moved by the secondintermediate lever of the next group, and besides these it is necessaryto operate the third bar to the left, which is down by the key 6.Buttons 1, 3 and 5 move their respective bars 53 to the right, whilebuttons 2, 1 and 6 move the same bars to the left. For releasing the bar15 for clerk B the second group of tumblers are manipulated. There areonly two shown in this group and these are operated through the buttons1 and 5. The mechanism for clerk 0 controlled by the right-hand group oftumblers is released by operating buttons 2, 3 and 6. These combinationsmay be changed as desired.

Each of the recording-strips is ruled, as before stated, by threeseparate columns of dollars and cents-for instance, the total sumreceived from the customersay ten dollars another column for the changereturned to he custo1ner-forinstance, three dollars and seventeencentsand a third column for the amount put in the tillviz., six dollarsand eighty-three cents. This method of recording will enable theproprietor to locate a mistake without apparent difficulty.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. I11 a cash box and recorder, the combination of acasing, a series of independent recording strips or ribbons, independentshields or covers concealing and protecting the ribbons or strips bylying normally over that portion of the strip which is to receive thewriting, a series of key operated bars connected with and actuating theshields or covers, and a locking mechanism engaging said bars, andhaving separate combinations for releasing the same, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having acover, a locking lever fulcrumed in the casing engaging the cover andholding the same against opening, a rock-shaft provided with an arm forengaging and actuating the locking lever to release the same, andprovided with an upward extending arm, and areciprocatingbar having ashoulder for engaging the upward extending arm, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series ofseparate ribbons or strips arranged within the casing, covers or shieldsconcealing and protecting the ribbons or strips, key operated barsconnected with the covers or shields and actuating the same and providedwith notches, swinging tumbler bars mounted in the casing and engagingthe notches of said bars and locking them against movement, andoperating mechanism connected with the tumbler bars for releasing thekey operated bars, and provided with a separate combination for eachbar, substantially as described.

l. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series ofseparate ribbons or strips arranged therein, covers or shieldsconcealing and protecting the ribbons or strips, key operated barsconnected with and actuating the covers or shields and provided withnotches, swinging tumbler bars engaging the notches of the bars, tumblerengaging bars having interchangeable pins arranged adjacent to thetumbler bars, and means for operating the transverse tumbler engagingbars, substantially as described.

5. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paperguiding and operating mechanism including a series of key actuated barsslidingly mounted in the easing, and provided with series ofnotches,swinging tumbler bars located above the key 0perated bars, andengaging the notches thereof, rock-shafts, upward extending armsarranged in series on each rock-shaft, one of the arms of each seriesbeing fixed to its shaft, transverse tumbler engaging bars carried bythe upward extending arms and provided with interchangeable pinsarranged to engage the tumbler bars, and means for operating therock-shaft, substantially as described.

6. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paperguiding and operating mechanism including a series of key actuated barsmounted for reciprocation in the casing and provided with notches,swinging tumbler bars located above the key operated bars and engagingthe-notches thereof, rockshafts provided at their front ends withopposite arms, upwardly extending arms arranged in series and mounted onthe rear.

portions of the rock-shafts, the transverse tumbler engaging barscarried by the upward extending arms and provided with interchangeablepins for engaging the tumbler bars, and operating levers arranged inpairs at the front ends of the rock-shafts and engaging the oppositearms thereof, whereby the rock-shaft may be operated in eitherdirection, substantially as described.

7. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paperguiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars slidinglymounted in the casing and provided with inclined rear portions havingnotches, the depending swinging tumbler bars varying in length andcorrespondingwith the notches of the reciprocating bars, and means forswinging the t imbler bars out of engagement with the reciprocatingbars, substantially as described.

8. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casin g, arock-shaft journaled therein and provided with opposite extending arms,a pair of key levers fulcrumed intermediate of their ends and havingtheir rear ends arranged beneath the arms of the rockshaft, stopslimiting the swing of the rockshaft, the paper guiding and operatin gmechanism, the tumblers arranged to lock or unlock the same and theconnection between the rock shaft and tumblers, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paperguiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars, tumblersen gaging the same, rock-shafts provided with upward extending arms,tumbler engaging bars carried by said arms and provided withprojections, and weighted levers connected with arms of the rock-shafts,and maintaining the same in a vertical position, substantially asdescribed.

10. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paperguiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars, tumblersengaging the same, rock-shafts having upward extending arms and providedtherein with openings, tumbler en gaging bars carried by said arms, andlevers provided at their outer ends with weights, and having their innerends pivoted in the openings of said arms, and having rounded loweredges normally contacting with the bottoms of the openings,substantially as described.

11. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series ofindependent ribbons or strips, the curved table plate therefor,independent covers or shields arranged to conceal and protect theribbons or strips, levers fulcrumed intermediate of their ends, andarranged to move the shields along a curved path and a series of keyoperated bars receiving the lower ends of said levers, said key operatedbars being arranged to slide horizontally and having upper notched edgesto engage the pivoted levers, substantially as described.

12. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series ofindependent strips or ribbons arranged therein, independent covers orshields for concealing the same, levers fulcrumed in the casing andhaving their upper ends carrying said covers or shields, and dependingwithin the casing, a series of key-operated bars receiving the lowerends of said levers, feed rollers for the strips or ribbons, andprovided with. ratchet wheels, and actuating pawls carried by the shieldholding levers and engaging the ratchet wheels, substantially and forthe purpose described.

13. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a ribbon orstrip arranged therein, the table or guide over which the ribbon passesa lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and carrying at its upper enda shield, a reciprocating key operated bar engaging the lower end of thelever, a pair of feed rolls located in rear of the shield and providedwith a ratchet wheel, a pawl carried by the lever and engaging theratchet wheel, and a tension spring engaging the ribbon or strip inadvance of the shield and the table or guide for the paper,substantially as described.

li. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing providedwith a cover, an upward extending locking lever engaging the cover, atransverse rock-shaft having an arm to engage the locking lever andprovided with a series ofupwardly extending arms, a series ofreciprocating bars arranged to engage the upward extending arms, andmeans for locking and releasing the reciprocating bars, substantially asdescribed.

15. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing providedwith a cover, an upward extending lockin g lever engaging the cover, arock-shaft provided with an arm arranged to engage the lower end of thelocking lever to throw the upper end thereof out of engagement with thecover, a latch engaging and locking the lower end of the lever, and areleasing lever extending from the rockshaft to the latch and arrangedto be actuated by the former for releasing the latter, substantially asdescribed.

16. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having acover, a locking lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and having itsupper end engaging the cover, a rock-shaft located in rear of thelocking lever and provided with an arm for engaging the same, and havinga lug, a hinged latch located in advance of the locking lever andengaging the lower end of the same, and a releasing lever fulcrumedintermediate of its ends and having its front end arranged beneath thelatch, the rear end of the said releasing lever being arranged to beengaged by the lug of the rock-shaft, and to be depressed by the same,whereby the latch is released, substantially as described.

1'7. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having acover, an upward extending locking lever engaging the cover andfulcrumed intermediate of its ends, and provided at the rear side of itslower end with a curved recess, a rock-shaft having an arm provided withan anti-friction wheel, and en gaging the recessed portion of the locking lever, and a spring located in advance of the locking lever andengaging the lower end of the same, substantially as described.

18. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having acover, a key operated bar, a weighted lever arranged to engage the keyoperated bar, and a trip rod extending upward from the engaging end ofthe weighted lever and arranged to be engaged by the cover in closing,whereby the weighted lever will be thrown out of engagement with the keyoperated bar, substantially as described.

19. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having acover, a key operated bar provided on its lower edge with a beveled lug,a weighted lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and provided with abeveled tooth arranged to engage the beveled lug of said bar, wherebythe bar will be retained in its open position, and a trip bar connectedwith the engaging end of the weighted lever and arranged to be depressedby the cover, substantially as described.

20. In a cash box and recorder, the combi nation of a casing having acover, a locking lever engaging the cover, a series of reciprocatingbars, bell-crank levers fulcrumed in the casing and connected with thesaid bars and having outward extending arms forming keys, springs forreturning the bars, a rockshaft provided with upward extending arms tobe engaged by the bars and having an arm for engaging the locking lever,and a series of levers fulcrumed in the casing and provided at theirupper ends with shields or covers and having their lower ends connectedwith and actuated by the reciprocating bars, substantially as described.

21. In combination with the series of recording strips, the independentmechanism for opera-ting the same, the combination locks for saidmechanisms and the cover common to all the recording strips having alock arranged to be released by the operating of either re cordingmechanism so that access may be had to the strips for making the record,substantially as described.

22. In combination with the series ofrecordin g strips the independentoperating mechanism therefor including the key bars, the combinationlocks for said bars, the cover common to all the record strips and thelook therefor arranged to be operated by the movement of either key bar,substantially as described.

23. In combination in a cash box and recorder, a plurality of recordingmechanisms for the several clerks, combination locks arranged to controlthe same, a cover common to the several recordingmechanisms and lockingmeans therefor arranged to be released upon the operation of eitherrecording mechanism substantially as described.

24:. In combination the recording means, the key bars and thecombination lock for the same comprising the tumblers arranged in groupsone for each key bar and the transverse bars for operating the tumblersand means for operating the transverse bars in either direction,substantially as described.

25. In combination in a cash box and re corder, the paper guiding andoperating mechanism, means for operating the same, the illdividual keysfor the several clerks and the individual money tills, the saidindividual keys serving both to actuate the paper operating mechanismand the said individual tills, substantially as described.

26. In combination in a cash box and recorder, the guiding and operatingmeans for the paper, the independent movable shields or covers thereforcorresponding to the several clerks, and normally lying over andconcealing those portions of the strip which are to receive the Writing,the keys with connections for operating the paper mechanism includin gthe shields, the individual money tills and the combination lock wherebythe recording mechanism and money till can be operated only by theproper clerk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARD IVAREN LOCKE.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT C. JAoKMAN, \VILLIAM II. BAKER.

